Greetings. Welcome to Piran Café.

I'm Bob Ramsak, a reporter, photographer and blogger driven by a lust for travel, art, culture and justice. I’ve visited 54 countries and write something and make pictures every day. Piran Café is my notebook, kicking since 2006.

I roam often but Piran Café is not a typical travel blog. It's a collection of experiences, moments and vignettes, both long-form and short, connected and propelled by those primary passions and published here to inform, entertain and engage. More here.

I'm based between Cleveland, Ohio, USA and Ljubljana, Slovenia; currently blogging from Bogota, Colombia.

Documentary

For one long block of Calle San Miguel, AKA Calle 11, at the northwest corner of the Plaza Bolivar, milliners and hatters are given pride of place. About a dozen shops line the pedestrian-only street whose creations are attached to names such as ‘Pork Pie’, 'Monaco', 'Indiana', 'Panama' and 'Montana'.